Vishnupurana 3.3.3
The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition 3.3.3
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3.3.3
In every Dwápara (or third) age, Vishńu, in the person of Vyása, in order to promote the good of mankind, divides the Veda, which is properly but one, into many portions: observing the limited perseverance, energy, and application of mortals, he makes the Veda fourfold, to adapt it to their capacities; and the bodily form which he assumes, in order to effect that classification, is known by the name of Veda-vyása. Of the different Vyásas in the present Manwantara, and the branches which they have taught, you shall have an account.
3.3.3.n1
The text has, 'Hear from me an account of the Vyásas of the different Manwantaras;' but this is inconsistent with what follows, in which the enumeration is confined to the Vaivaswata Manwantara.
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- Viṣṇupurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit